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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: we were not in a quorum. mr. reid: miracles never cease. the presiding officer: that's true, senator reid. mr. reid: mr. president, i have talked to senator inhofe, the ranking member of the armed services committee. it's very clear that he and a number of republicans are not willing to enter into an agreement for consideration of the hagel nomination. therefore, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 10. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of defense, charles timothy hagel of nebraska to be secretary of defense. the presiding officer: without objection, the motion to proceed is agreed to. mr. reid: mr. president, i send a cloture motion to the desk anded ask the clerk -- and ask the clerk to report. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the clot
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: we were not in a quorum. mr. reid: miracles never cease. the presiding officer: that's true, senator reid. mr. reid: mr. president, i have talked to senator inhofe, the ranking member of the armed services committee. it's very clear that he and a number of republicans are not willing to enter into an agreement for...
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i ask the concept that under rule 22, the corum be waved, and i asked the cloture vote and ask to honor the rule that the vote occurs friday. lou: hagel, until today, seemed assured of nomination having the support of the entire democratic senate caucus and two republican senators, and then he lost a critical vote this afternoon. republican senator, susan collins of maine decided she could not vote for him. collins, a long serving republican moderate said, quote, i'm unable to support the senator to be the next secretary of defense because i do not believe his positions, votes, and statements match the challenges of our time. collins noted disagreements with hagel on a number of issues related to the middle east including iran and israel, and the senator called hagel's previous statements and positions unsettled. senate majority leader reid announced after the reveer saw #* sal, -- reversal could not reach an agreement for a hold on the hagel confirmation. reid called for closure to end debate to proceed to a vote on the con confirmation. the senator has been from the outset uneasy abou
i ask the concept that under rule 22, the corum be waved, and i asked the cloture vote and ask to honor the rule that the vote occurs friday. lou: hagel, until today, seemed assured of nomination having the support of the entire democratic senate caucus and two republican senators, and then he lost a critical vote this afternoon. republican senator, susan collins of maine decided she could not vote for him. collins, a long serving republican moderate said, quote, i'm unable to support the...
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stephanie: 22 minutes after the hour 1-800-steph-1-2. a meteor blast injuries 500 in russia. why won't the president lead, jim? >> why won't the president lead in busting up asteroids? where's bruce willis, to an air mow smith song. stephanie: i was watching an old superman movie. he flies up and blows an oil slick back into the boat, fixes it and we woulds it with his eyes. why didn't obama do that? >> actually the footage of that meteor is amazing. holy cow it looks like a movie. stephanie: i know. it's going to miss the earth. >> the asteroids going to miss the earth but not the moor. stephanie: i'm just saying that because of my life. you're relieved, bless your heart. >> you're relied, good on you. stephanie: hey manner knee. caller: i can't believe i got through. i saw you in seattle. stephanie: yay. caller: i'm watching with the dog, who loves you, as well. stephanie: thank you. caller: i'm calling something gun control, which i know you're not talking about to do. stephanie: oh oh, yes, we are. caller: the last shooting was really -- really hit home for all the school
stephanie: 22 minutes after the hour 1-800-steph-1-2. a meteor blast injuries 500 in russia. why won't the president lead, jim? >> why won't the president lead in busting up asteroids? where's bruce willis, to an air mow smith song. stephanie: i was watching an old superman movie. he flies up and blows an oil slick back into the boat, fixes it and we woulds it with his eyes. why didn't obama do that? >> actually the footage of that meteor is amazing. holy cow it looks like a movie....
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and friday, february 22 on 10:45 p.m. and adjourn until february 25 as the senate adopts an adjournment resolution pursuant to the previous order and adjourn until 2:00 p.m. on monday, february 25, 2013. that the mon following the prayer and pledge, the journal be approved the morning business be deemed expired, the time for the leaders reserved for use later in the day, following any leader remarks the senate will be in morning business until 5:00 p.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes. further that the senate proceed to executive session under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: the next roll call vote will be monday the 25th at 5:30 p.m. on confirmation of circuit nominee bacharach. if there is no further business if there is no further business >> he'd thought she was the smartest person he ever go and he knew how much she loves him and he neared that she would tell him pictures. she was echoing to -- that's right, she wasn't going to sugarcoat. one of the tap
and friday, february 22 on 10:45 p.m. and adjourn until february 25 as the senate adopts an adjournment resolution pursuant to the previous order and adjourn until 2:00 p.m. on monday, february 25, 2013. that the mon following the prayer and pledge, the journal be approved the morning business be deemed expired, the time for the leaders reserved for use later in the day, following any leader remarks the senate will be in morning business until 5:00 p.m. with senators permitted to speak therein...
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harry reid said he's planning to build a vote for hagel later on this week. in other nominations reid seems to be playing air traffic controller. >> we need to get to brennan. we have jack lew. we have cordray and getting that done. >> michael: those are read anything but smooth sailing. we have l. joy williams and joe williams, in case you're wondering they're not related. i thank both williamss for being here. >> so far as we know. >> michael: we got to bond this right away guys. we got to brand it right away. joe, i want to talk to you about chuck hagel main republican senator reportedly, susan collins will reportedly be supporting chuck hagel's nomination and so will kay hagin which is a big thing. she's from north carolina. that could give him the 60 votes that he needs. what are the other hurdles that hagel still faces here? >> well, he has got a bunch of them. lindsey graham is pledging to put a hold on his nomination, something that harry reid has said he won't entertain but that's probably the first battle. we still have to get to--he has got to get
harry reid said he's planning to build a vote for hagel later on this week. in other nominations reid seems to be playing air traffic controller. >> we need to get to brennan. we have jack lew. we have cordray and getting that done. >> michael: those are read anything but smooth sailing. we have l. joy williams and joe williams, in case you're wondering they're not related. i thank both williamss for being here. >> so far as we know. >> michael: we got to bond this right...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: this will be the last vote today. we'll have a vote monday night and we'll vote again on this matter tuesday morning. mr. president, i regret the republican senators -- tuesday, a week from tuesday. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. please take your conversations out of the chamber. the senate will be in order. mr. reid: mr. president, i regret that republican senators, except for the val yantd four, chose to filibuster the nomination of president obama's nominee to be secretary of defense. the republicans have made an fortunate choice to ratchet up the level of obstruction here in washington. just when you thought things couldn't get worse, it gets worse. we need to have this vote today. why? times like this, it's nice to have a secretary of defense. not a lame duck. mr. president, we have a war going on in afghanistan. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the majority leader. mr. reid:
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: this will be the last vote today. we'll have a vote monday night and we'll vote again on this matter tuesday morning. mr. president, i regret the republican senators -- tuesday, a week from tuesday. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. please take your conversations out of the chamber. the senate will be in order. mr. reid: mr. president, i regret that republican senators, except for the val yantd four,...
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senate majority leader harry reid hopes to bring a final vote to the floor when congress goes back in session next monday. >>> residents in coastal new england are cleaning up after yet another blast of winter weather following the big blizzard last weekend. parts of the northeast including massachusetts got up to six inches of snow on sunday. the winter snowstorm then headed north into maine, carrying with it strong, gusty winds and low visibility. >>> now here is your "first look" at this morning's dish of scrambled politicians. lindsay gram says congress should save money by cutting back on the affordable care act, otherwise known as obama care instead of allowing automatic cuts on defense. >>> the video of republican candidate mitt romney telling donors about the 47% of americans who are victims played a big part in the 2012 election. david corn got that recording and wrote the story, now he has won the george polk award. >>> and new york ads focusing on toy hutchenson has decided to drop her bid for the u.s. house seat held by u.s. jesse jackson junior. >>> robmarco rubio's respo
senate majority leader harry reid hopes to bring a final vote to the floor when congress goes back in session next monday. >>> residents in coastal new england are cleaning up after yet another blast of winter weather following the big blizzard last weekend. parts of the northeast including massachusetts got up to six inches of snow on sunday. the winter snowstorm then headed north into maine, carrying with it strong, gusty winds and low visibility. >>> now here is your...
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civilian employees would be furloughed for up to 22 days. all of these effects -- all of these effects also negatively impact long-term readiness. it would, he said, send a terrible signal to our military and civilian workforce, to those we hope to recruit, and to both our allies and adversaries around the oral. some members of this committee strongly opposed president obama's foreign-policy. regardless of how we may feel about the president's policies, or float on senator hagel nomination will not change those policies. there is a risk here it is that the defeat of this domination will leave the department of defense leaderless at a time when we face in this budgetary challenges in our military is engaged in combat operations overseas. such an absence of senior leaders would be unlikely to benefit either our national defense or men and away uniform, and i would add, given the recent explosion of a nuclear device by north korea, the delay in adopting this nomination and approving it, i think, will send the exact wrong message to north korea.
civilian employees would be furloughed for up to 22 days. all of these effects -- all of these effects also negatively impact long-term readiness. it would, he said, send a terrible signal to our military and civilian workforce, to those we hope to recruit, and to both our allies and adversaries around the oral. some members of this committee strongly opposed president obama's foreign-policy. regardless of how we may feel about the president's policies, or float on senator hagel nomination will...
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senate majority leader harry reid hopes to bring a final vote to the floor when congress goes back in session next monday. >>> residents in coastal new england are cleaning up after yet another blast of winter weather following the big blizzard last weekend. parts of the northeast including massachusetts got up to six inches of snow on sunday. the winter snowstorm then headed north into maine, carrying with it strong, gusty winds and low visibility. here's more on that and our national forecast, nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> a bad storm for new england once again. wind chills negative numbers, 50 mile-per-hour winds. wasn't as bad as the blizzard two weeks ago. now the pattern switches. now the west coast will get a storm. >> the snow was nice. always nice. >> nice to look outside the window for a day, maybe. we have snow heading into areas and even southern california. interesting weather pattern will take shape as a big storm dips down along the west coast, move across the country. pushing into the central plains and much of the intermountain west will get snow. we're setting th
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take a listen. >> overall, there were a lot of positive signs but defense spending was cut 22 percent the biggest drop in four years. it was abrupt the it had to do with folks being worried about the possible impacts of the fiscal cliff and what goes on here in washington. what i have said repeatedly, washington cannot continually operate under a cloud of crisis. that frieses up consumers. it gets businesses worried. we cannot afford the self-inflicted wounds. >>gregg: we cannot deal with crisis? isn't that what washington is about? >> it is something more. he is the president. he is the personification of what washington is. what he is doing is saying, the problems in the economy, which are still clear, we're not out of the woods, are the responsibility of someone other than him, but bottom line, he didn't resolve the issues with the fiscal cliff with sequestration and we have not heard from the management -- president about that. >> the first thing this interview has done, but on wednesday when the numbers came out the white house speak said house republicans caused this. they love
take a listen. >> overall, there were a lot of positive signs but defense spending was cut 22 percent the biggest drop in four years. it was abrupt the it had to do with folks being worried about the possible impacts of the fiscal cliff and what goes on here in washington. what i have said repeatedly, washington cannot continually operate under a cloud of crisis. that frieses up consumers. it gets businesses worried. we cannot afford the self-inflicted wounds. >>gregg: we cannot...
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senate majority leader harry reid hopes to bring a final vote to the floor when congress goes back in session next monday. >>> so residents in coastal new england are cleaning up after yet another blast of winter weather following the big blizzard last weekend. parts of the northeast including massachusetts got up to six inches of snow on sunday. the winter snowstorm then headed north into maine, carrying with it strong, gusty winds and low visibility. with that we bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins with more on the storm plus the national forecast. i am sure you have. >> i'm done -- >> you've been working round the clock. >> some didn't see snow, but some did in north carolina and south carolina. myrtle beach even saw snow. it was the winds that were biting, so cold out there. let me show you the storm. this was just as huge and powerful as the storm the weekend before. this of just a little farther off the coast. that's why we spared areas from new york city, d.c., philly, up there, even most of connecticut didn't see heavy snow. this was primarily just extreme eastern new engla
senate majority leader harry reid hopes to bring a final vote to the floor when congress goes back in session next monday. >>> so residents in coastal new england are cleaning up after yet another blast of winter weather following the big blizzard last weekend. parts of the northeast including massachusetts got up to six inches of snow on sunday. the winter snowstorm then headed north into maine, carrying with it strong, gusty winds and low visibility. with that we bring in nbc...
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very active. >> and here is the reaction by harry reid to the filibuster. let's listen. >> the filibuster of senator hag hagel's nomination is unprecedenced. i repeat never in the history of our country has a secretary of defense nominee been filibustered. never, ever. >> has this ever happened before? anything similar? or are we talking about the details to secretary of defense nominees? >> it is unpress denned for a secretary of defense nominee. the closest example to a cabinet-level position being filibustered or attempted to be filibustered is steven johnson, epa secretary under president bush. some tried to filibuster him, they couldn't get enough votes. that wasn't technically a cabinet-level position or an actual cabinet position this is actually the first time that a cabinet secretary has been filibustered, and republicans don't want to call it a filibuster, that's the practical effect of what we see here today. >> let's take a listen to what senator john mccain said about the issues that republicans have about chuck hagel. >> to be honest with you,
very active. >> and here is the reaction by harry reid to the filibuster. let's listen. >> the filibuster of senator hag hagel's nomination is unprecedenced. i repeat never in the history of our country has a secretary of defense nominee been filibustered. never, ever. >> has this ever happened before? anything similar? or are we talking about the details to secretary of defense nominees? >> it is unpress denned for a secretary of defense nominee. the closest example to...
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it expired in september of 2011 and the senate passed the latest version, 78-22, with every republican female senator voting for it. the bill has been held up over the addition of protectionforce native americans and lbgt individuals. the other good news immigration. senators john mccain and lindsay graham released a glowing statement after their meeting at the white house yesterday saying, quote, we had an excellent meeting with the president and vice president. we were pleased to hear the president state his firm commitment he will do whatever is necessary to accomplish this important goal. >>> a liberal super pac is apologizing to mitch mcconnell and his wife. former labor secretary elaine cho. progress kentucky tweeted racist comments about her heritage in a statement the group wrote weerks apologize to the secretary for that unnecessary comment and have deleted the tweets in question. mcconnell's possible senate challenger ashley judd tweeted this. whatever the intention, whatever the venue, whom ever the person, attacks or comments on anyone's ethnicity are wrong and patently una
it expired in september of 2011 and the senate passed the latest version, 78-22, with every republican female senator voting for it. the bill has been held up over the addition of protectionforce native americans and lbgt individuals. the other good news immigration. senators john mccain and lindsay graham released a glowing statement after their meeting at the white house yesterday saying, quote, we had an excellent meeting with the president and vice president. we were pleased to hear the...
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you just made a lot of people haven't talked about. 800,000 people coput on furlough for minimum of 22 days, three weeks. back to what panetta saying there, i look for members to work to us and can't sit here and complain. he used a different word. i use complain the is he talking about republicans or democrats as well? >> he is talking about both democrats and republican has have to come to an agreement to figure out how to solve this situation. getting back to the first point you're making i think the pentagon could have a done a better job with its finances. these are very complex issues. bill: that's a big point there. >> yeah, absolutely. bill: what could it have done, jd? >> i think one. main issues we had a very large increase in the size of the military with 9/11, the iraq war, afghanistan war and with the budget control act from last year, we're already going to cut 100,000 ground troops but we really don't have an equivalent program to cut back on number of dod civilians. we need a drawdown via at operation over time. not just an across the board cut. not basically taking a m
you just made a lot of people haven't talked about. 800,000 people coput on furlough for minimum of 22 days, three weeks. back to what panetta saying there, i look for members to work to us and can't sit here and complain. he used a different word. i use complain the is he talking about republicans or democrats as well? >> he is talking about both democrats and republican has have to come to an agreement to figure out how to solve this situation. getting back to the first point you're...
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the last two budgets voted on three times. >> greta: i lay the blame on harry reid. house had a budget, maybe good or but the senator never let it be brought to the floor so give and take negotiations. however, where i casted the blame back at president obama he submitted the budget is why didn't he pick up the phone and tell his party leader, harry reid, get a budget so we can at least have a conversation. >> listen, these are such important issues. i hate these back room deals. we voted on the fiscal cliff at 1:40 in the morning on new year's day. >> greta: who read it? >> i prevented 99% of americans from getting an income tax increase and money flowing out of the private sector to the inefficient government sector. i knew the basic thrust of doing business. we should have regular order which would be the house passes a budget, senate passes a budget and you reconcile that and that is the framework for the committee work. >> like the president was supposed to submit a budget. there is no regard for deadline. if the rest of us in america ignored deadlines. if i sho
the last two budgets voted on three times. >> greta: i lay the blame on harry reid. house had a budget, maybe good or but the senator never let it be brought to the floor so give and take negotiations. however, where i casted the blame back at president obama he submitted the budget is why didn't he pick up the phone and tell his party leader, harry reid, get a budget so we can at least have a conversation. >> listen, these are such important issues. i hate these back room deals. we...
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i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. so ordered. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that we proceed to a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that we proceed to -- the senate proceed to s. res. 56. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 56, a resolution recognizing the significance of the 100th anniversary of the death of hair hair -- harriet ross tubman. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceed to the measure? without objection. mr. reid: madam president, i am going to ask unanimous consent that we pass this, but i read a year and a half or two years ago two books about this woman, harriet tubman. stunning. all the movies being made about courageous, strong americans, someone should make a movie of this woman. i mean, just amazing what she was able to do. one little woman did so much to change what went on in america back at
i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. so ordered. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that we proceed to a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that we proceed to -- the senate proceed to s. res. 56. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 56, a resolution recognizing the significance of the...
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22% said yes. 22% said no. >>> the skies over russia looked like a disaster scene this morning. i'll show it to you next. it ain't a movie. >>> and we are back. when i see the videotape of this, all i can say is i wish i was there. i wish i could have seen this. this scene roughly 900 miles east of russia this morning. a ten-ton meteor streaked through the sky with a blinding flash at a speed of 33,000 miles per hour. the meteor shattered into pieces at about 25 miles above the ground and created a massive sonic boom, startling many russians. >> literally hundreds of people caught this on tape. the shockwave damaged an estimated 3,000 buildings in western siberia, shattering roughly one million square miles of glass. one piece of the meteor is thought to have crashed into a frozen lake, leaving this hole in the ice. >>> in other space news, an asteroid the size of an olympic swimming pool passed right past the earth earlier today. it was the closest recorded pass by an asteroid ever, closer than some of the satellites up there. we're going to have a whole lot more on the asteroi
22% said yes. 22% said no. >>> the skies over russia looked like a disaster scene this morning. i'll show it to you next. it ain't a movie. >>> and we are back. when i see the videotape of this, all i can say is i wish i was there. i wish i could have seen this. this scene roughly 900 miles east of russia this morning. a ten-ton meteor streaked through the sky with a blinding flash at a speed of 33,000 miles per hour. the meteor shattered into pieces at about 25 miles above...
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how much time does each side have. >> the democrats have 22 minutes. and the republicans have 12 minutes. >> thank you, madam president. i would yield myself five minutes. >> the senator from rhode island. >> madam president, as so many colleagues have described, chuck chuck hagel is a soldier, patriot, businessman. as i colleague pointed out he could have chosen a easier path in the '60s. but he choose the most difficult. not only joined the army but to volunteer for vietnam when had the opportunity serve honorable in europe. he joined his brother. he went combat. he knows the pressure of men and women face. e knows the decision we make here and the decisions made in the pentagon ultimately are carried out by the young men and women in uniform. i can't think of anyone over the last several decades who have learned that lesson so well. the other thing that is so impressive it's not just a one dimensional rÉsume. he was a businessman. very successful. had his own company. created jobs, created opportunities. was deputy administrator. he's run a large f
how much time does each side have. >> the democrats have 22 minutes. and the republicans have 12 minutes. >> thank you, madam president. i would yield myself five minutes. >> the senator from rhode island. >> madam president, as so many colleagues have described, chuck chuck hagel is a soldier, patriot, businessman. as i colleague pointed out he could have chosen a easier path in the '60s. but he choose the most difficult. not only joined the army but to volunteer for...
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majority leader harry reid plans to bring up the matter when congress plans to recess later this month. >>> during a live google hangout chat president obama defended his position on the war on terror insisting everything he's done is legal. but he admitted the public should know about how the program works. >> what i think is absolutely true is that it is not sufficient for citizens to just take my word for it that we're doing the right thing. >> a classified memo recently revealed u.s. citizens suspected of terrorism has been targeted of drone strikes. when asked if the u.s. could target an american on american soil, the president said no. >>> today, a bail hearing for oscar pistorius, the olympic winner and double amputee. the 26-year-old arrived just hours after his arrest. he fatally shot his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp who was struck four times. no word on bail but prosecutors are to request that he stay behind bars. police have given few details about the case other than to they steenkamp died of multiple bullet shot wounds. earlier reports said she may have been mistaken a
majority leader harry reid plans to bring up the matter when congress plans to recess later this month. >>> during a live google hangout chat president obama defended his position on the war on terror insisting everything he's done is legal. but he admitted the public should know about how the program works. >> what i think is absolutely true is that it is not sufficient for citizens to just take my word for it that we're doing the right thing. >> a classified memo recently...
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civilian employees for up to 22 working days. i mean, imagine that. that's a whole month of paychecks that those workers are not going to have to support their families, to be able to spend into the economy, and that's going to have a huge impact. it's possible that d.o.d. might not have enough funds to pay for tricare for health care coverage for our veterans through the end of the fiscal year, and as we saw on the front pages of the paper this week, the department delayed the deployment of the u.s.s. harry truman, the carrier strike group that was headed to the persian gulf. if sequestration goes into full effect, the navy will shrink by about 50 ships and at least two carrier groups. by the end of the year, the navy, if we do nothing, will lose about 350 workers a week or 1,400 a month from our civilian industrial base. that was have a huge impact in new hampshire. i know it will in maine as well. so there are real significant impacts, as you pointed out, on the defense industry, on this country's national security and on the domestic side of the b
civilian employees for up to 22 working days. i mean, imagine that. that's a whole month of paychecks that those workers are not going to have to support their families, to be able to spend into the economy, and that's going to have a huge impact. it's possible that d.o.d. might not have enough funds to pay for tricare for health care coverage for our veterans through the end of the fiscal year, and as we saw on the front pages of the paper this week, the department delayed the deployment of...
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i had a very nice conversation with harry reid, senator reid, the majority leader the week before. our members want us to have cuts and reforms that put us on a path to balance the budget over the next ten years. that's what we want and that's a tall order. it's going to mean real work on our entitlement programs, real work on other spending items in the budget. >> pelley: and to be clear no revenue increases. >> we're not -- the president got his tax hikes in january. the federal government will have more revenue this year than any year in our history. it's time to tackle spending. period. >> pelley: he's referring, of course to last month's increase in top tax rates and the increase in the payroll tax. the automatic spending cuts that start on friday come to $85 billion this year and mr. obama had this to say in an appearance today in virginia at the newport news shipyard. >> when you're cutting $85 billion in seven months, there's no smart way to do that. you don't want to have to choose between, let's see do i close funding for the disabled kid or the poor kid? do i close this
i had a very nice conversation with harry reid, senator reid, the majority leader the week before. our members want us to have cuts and reforms that put us on a path to balance the budget over the next ten years. that's what we want and that's a tall order. it's going to mean real work on our entitlement programs, real work on other spending items in the budget. >> pelley: and to be clear no revenue increases. >> we're not -- the president got his tax hikes in january. the federal...
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but of course, harry reid caved. that's another story in itself. so nothing has really changed. all you have to do is look at the chuck hagel situation in the senate to see just how bad everything is right now. but i want you to imagine liberals, just imagine what it would be like if we had 60 senators like this. >> i'm really concerned that too big to fail has become too big for trial. that just seems wrong to me. >> it sure does. newly elected senator from massachusetts elizabeth warren is doing what she promised to do. she is ready to lead the way on accountability for the financial industry, and for good reason. you see, the federal reserve says the 2008 financial collapse cost this country 38.8% of its net worth. despite the massive fraud and recklessness of the banks, the number of executives prosecuted for this crisis zero. before today, there is no accountability. now, the frank/dodd financial regulation bill was watered down and not fully implemented. senator warren used her first banking committee hearing to take on the regulators who were supposed to be enforcing the
but of course, harry reid caved. that's another story in itself. so nothing has really changed. all you have to do is look at the chuck hagel situation in the senate to see just how bad everything is right now. but i want you to imagine liberals, just imagine what it would be like if we had 60 senators like this. >> i'm really concerned that too big to fail has become too big for trial. that just seems wrong to me. >> it sure does. newly elected senator from massachusetts elizabeth...
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my staff gave me a list of 22 things we needed in new york, and i was dying to ask him. i figured that was not quite appropriate. so a rare moment of restraint. a rare moment of restraint. >> ok. let's plunge in. monday, you put out the five- page bipartisan framework, and we would like to read between the lines. in the bipartisan agreement, it talked about a nonforgeable electronic means of employment verification. that is code for a super social security card that would have some sort of bioometric. senator schumer, you have said you are for this. senator mccain, what is your opinion? >> i am for this. i want to remind you that the 9/11 commission made a series of recommendations, and one of the things that was not implemented was this. there is technology now that could give us the social security card, people with a social security card, that is tamperproof, and -- >> you are for that. >> but let's be clear. people say a national i.d. card. that is a card you would show if a police officer came up to you. this would only be used in the same case as when you use a soc
my staff gave me a list of 22 things we needed in new york, and i was dying to ask him. i figured that was not quite appropriate. so a rare moment of restraint. a rare moment of restraint. >> ok. let's plunge in. monday, you put out the five- page bipartisan framework, and we would like to read between the lines. in the bipartisan agreement, it talked about a nonforgeable electronic means of employment verification. that is code for a super social security card that would have some sort...
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you will note of the 22 senators who voted against the violence against women act, they were all men. every woman, every female senator regardless of her party voted to pass the violence against women act because they knew how critical this legislation is. and it's not been controversial in the almost 20 years since it was initially passed and written by joe biden. >> angela, we've heard so much about the facelift that republicans are giving their party. senator rubio as you know is part of that, but so, too, is senator rand paul of kentucky. he gave the tea party response last night. take a listen to mr. paul. >> big government's not your friend. the president offers you free stuff, but his policies keep you poor. >> angela, the president's spokesman jay carney said that rubio's speech last night could have been delivered by mitt romney. but that one sounds as though it was actually written by mitt romney, doesn't it? free stuff again? >> right. i don't know about these gifts. i'm still looking for my gifts from the election. if you find it for me, martin, let me know. i'm not sure.
you will note of the 22 senators who voted against the violence against women act, they were all men. every woman, every female senator regardless of her party voted to pass the violence against women act because they knew how critical this legislation is. and it's not been controversial in the almost 20 years since it was initially passed and written by joe biden. >> angela, we've heard so much about the facelift that republicans are giving their party. senator rubio as you know is part...
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during the debate october 22. >> comments on this. first, the sequester is not something that i propose. it's something that congress proposed. it will not happen. >> bret: so on that statement, both things probably can be said are not true. right? >> well, look, i love that the republicans are trying to make this the obama sequester. let me remind you on the day the sequester passed the house of representatives, 269 congressmen and women voted for it. how many were republicans? 171. among those republicans, the speaker of the house. the republican majority leader. the republican whip and the chairman of the budget committee who later became the vice presidential nominee. all of them voted for it. the speaker of the house that day said i got 98% of what i want. i'm pretty pleased. so somehow, what they like then they don't like now. >> bret: fair. >> they are trying to say it's the president's idea. >> fair, but it was the president's idea. >> look -- >> you can concede that point, right? >> whatly concede we were looking and the repu
during the debate october 22. >> comments on this. first, the sequester is not something that i propose. it's something that congress proposed. it will not happen. >> bret: so on that statement, both things probably can be said are not true. right? >> well, look, i love that the republicans are trying to make this the obama sequester. let me remind you on the day the sequester passed the house of representatives, 269 congressmen and women voted for it. how many were...
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as i understand it on october 2, 2008, majority leader harry reid brought a similar bill to the floor. in fact, it was called the comprehensive iran sanctions accountability act of 2008. and he brought it to the floor in october 2, 2008. there have been media reports that you blocked unanimous consent for the consideration of that bill. are those reports true or not? >> i was one of some republican senators that did not want that vote to go forward. i voted against it in subcommittee. and the reason i did was because the bush administration did not want that bill to go forward. the reason they didn't was because they were involved in negotiations with the russians and the u.n. and security council members to put multilateral sanctions through. >> but just to be clear you did block unanimous contestant. >> i was -- con sent in >> i was part of those who did. >> would it surprise you that an earlier version of those sanctions bill was actually co- sponsored bicek taxpayer cary and clinton and obama at the time? would that surprise you? >> no. not necessarily. i never based my votes on w
as i understand it on october 2, 2008, majority leader harry reid brought a similar bill to the floor. in fact, it was called the comprehensive iran sanctions accountability act of 2008. and he brought it to the floor in october 2, 2008. there have been media reports that you blocked unanimous consent for the consideration of that bill. are those reports true or not? >> i was one of some republican senators that did not want that vote to go forward. i voted against it in subcommittee. and...
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host: harry reid set a new vote for tuesday, in 11 days. what do republicans want to see in the meantime? guest: they say they would like answers again from the white house, more details about what the president did and did not do in the hours following the terrorist attack in libya. the white house sent a letter to senators john mccain, lindsey gramm, kelly ayotte, who have been demanding more information. they hoped from soundness yesterday or the day before that they would be able to change minds and make these centers -- senators vote yes. there is information that republicans say they want. it also seems like they were unhappy with his pick, they wanted -- wanted a different tack, and they did not -- they did not want to be conciliatory about it. host: 1 vote for present. why did they go that way? guest: senator hatch of voted present. it beats me why he did. you either vote yes or no. there is a rumor that he did not believe in the filibuster. if you do not believe in the filibuster, you should probably vote yes. republican leadership
host: harry reid set a new vote for tuesday, in 11 days. what do republicans want to see in the meantime? guest: they say they would like answers again from the white house, more details about what the president did and did not do in the hours following the terrorist attack in libya. the white house sent a letter to senators john mccain, lindsey gramm, kelly ayotte, who have been demanding more information. they hoped from soundness yesterday or the day before that they would be able to change...
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the accident happened yesterday between a golden gate ferry and a 22-foot motorboat. this is video from our helicopter partnership with a-b-c-seven news. investigators were trying to in the crash on the san francisco bay. according to golden gate transit, the motorboat was traveling at high speed when it collided with the ferry. all five crew members aboard will be drug tested and placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. >> a man is behind bars in santa cruz after going on a string of burglaries. kron 4's scott rates shows us the bizzare way that police were able to track down the crook. >> reporter: police say this stated here, started.... at the khyber pass restaurant when the thief busting through these doors during the night, then walking up to the cash register, he pried it open with screw driver. he was able to get nearly $ 175 from the cash register however, and after searching the bad guys digital camera santa cruz police were able to find a picture of 42-year old richard stripe investigators brought stripe in for questions and
the accident happened yesterday between a golden gate ferry and a 22-foot motorboat. this is video from our helicopter partnership with a-b-c-seven news. investigators were trying to in the crash on the san francisco bay. according to golden gate transit, the motorboat was traveling at high speed when it collided with the ferry. all five crew members aboard will be drug tested and placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. >> a man is behind bars in santa...
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it does seem like harry reid isn't going to fight for this. he's very worried about his own job in nevada. that will get background checks. we're going to let assault weapons fall by the wayside despite the fact that americans want this ban. >> if we still get to 56% of americans e-mailing and going to the town halls and rallying and marching, this is what's needed. this has been the missing piece to the change we've needed in this country. we've had people angry after mass shooting in the past. it has faded. now it is not fading. if we keep this up and maintain it we will see substantive change we've so badly needed in this country for so long. >> john: that's the history of america. really quick we're almost out of time. the nra is now campaigning against democratic incumbents to try to intimidate a vote against the president's proposals. do you think colin, the nra still has the political power it used to? >> i think this is vintage nra move. again now 2013 really out of line with the average american person. so the americans speak up. we h
it does seem like harry reid isn't going to fight for this. he's very worried about his own job in nevada. that will get background checks. we're going to let assault weapons fall by the wayside despite the fact that americans want this ban. >> if we still get to 56% of americans e-mailing and going to the town halls and rallying and marching, this is what's needed. this has been the missing piece to the change we've needed in this country. we've had people angry after mass shooting in...
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i had a very nice conversation with harry reid, senator reid, the majority leader the week before. our members want us to have cuts and reforms that put us on a path to balance the budget over the next ten years. that's what we want. and that's a tall order. >> okay, so where do things stand in boehner is not meeting with democratic leaders or the president and the senate, it's about to begin debate under proposal to avert spending cuts but that's expected to go exactly nowhere. chief national correspondent john king is here, hi, john. >> carol -- >> i was going to say maybe dennis rodman should have gone to capitol hill instead of north korea. >> i know dennis rodman because i'm a basketball fan and washington is broken, i'm not sure it's quite ready for dennis rodman yet but you just heard speaker boehner that's important because he's not only talking about his broad principles but listen to what he said, in the past crises, we're having a conversation wednesday morning. in the past, six months ago, six months before that, because we keep having these if it's a friday deadline it
i had a very nice conversation with harry reid, senator reid, the majority leader the week before. our members want us to have cuts and reforms that put us on a path to balance the budget over the next ten years. that's what we want. and that's a tall order. >> okay, so where do things stand in boehner is not meeting with democratic leaders or the president and the senate, it's about to begin debate under proposal to avert spending cuts but that's expected to go exactly nowhere. chief...
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and can you imagine what would happen if harry reid had shut down the senate and gone away for nine days, and the republican president they would have gone ballistic. the american people right now want something done. they see this president's proposal as a good, strong compromise. compromise is not a four-letter word but to these republicans it is. all it is to the american people is game playing. when you have a president that's already cut these budgets and handles the deficit by 725 trillion-dollar when he has got a plan that takes us another $1.8 trillion which includes some revenue on the richest of americans, that makes sense to people. so you know, i just think if they're going it take--if they think that they're going to drive this issue into the 2014 elections, you know, they got another think coming. >> michael: i don't understand where they go for these 2014 elections. steve israel said democrats will have begun safety and minimum wage to run on in 2014. if you were a republican strategist knowing what we know about the sequester and knowing what we know about the out of town
and can you imagine what would happen if harry reid had shut down the senate and gone away for nine days, and the republican president they would have gone ballistic. the american people right now want something done. they see this president's proposal as a good, strong compromise. compromise is not a four-letter word but to these republicans it is. all it is to the american people is game playing. when you have a president that's already cut these budgets and handles the deficit by 725...
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the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of charles timothy hagel of nebraska to be secretary of defense, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of charles timothy hagel of nebraska to be secretary of defense shall be brought to a close upon reconsideration. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? on this vote, the ayes are 71, the nays are 27. upon reconsideration, 3/5 of the senators duly chosen and sworn have voted in the affirmative and the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: mr. leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that following the recess for the weekly party conferences, the ti
the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of charles timothy hagel of nebraska to be secretary of defense, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of charles timothy hagel of nebraska to be...
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joy reid is managing editor of the grio and david corn is washington bureau chief for mother joans. both are msnbc political analysts. and glad for that. let's talk a like at michael, a pretty smart guy used to write speeches for "w." the self-diagnosis is going on. we'll see what's going on. he wrote today, quote, the republican nominee mitt romney lost by 5 million votes to a beatable incumbent presiding over an anemic economy. the explanation is not purely technical or personalality oriented at the national level. republicans have a winning message for a nation that no longer exists. you got to start with this, joy. it's a well-crafted sentence. they have a winning message for a nation that no longer exists. in all fairness, they didn't know it existed until the day after the election, sometime around 9:00 at night when we all saw virginia looking close. what he, goes og on? it looks like a new country is voting here. they're still playing to the old country. >> it's like they didn't get the message in 2008. a lot of people on the right thought 2008 was basically a fluke, but wha
joy reid is managing editor of the grio and david corn is washington bureau chief for mother joans. both are msnbc political analysts. and glad for that. let's talk a like at michael, a pretty smart guy used to write speeches for "w." the self-diagnosis is going on. we'll see what's going on. he wrote today, quote, the republican nominee mitt romney lost by 5 million votes to a beatable incumbent presiding over an anemic economy. the explanation is not purely technical or...
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we consume 22 teaspoons of added sugar per day. the american heart association recommends that we cut that back to six to nine teaspoons of added sugar per day. that's a reduction by two-thirds to three-quarters. now let's see where that sugar is hiding. one-third of it is in sugar beverages as you would expect. one sixth of it is in candy desserts. fully one-half of added sugar in our diet is in things that we stint know have sugar. even if i could snap my fingers right now and eliminate all the sugar-sweetened beverages off the face of the earth right now we would be over our limit. >> john: in my house we eliminated anything with high fructose syrup we were shocked how hard it was to buy food at all. when we were growing up in was only one heavy kid in the classroom. now it's half the classroom. do you trace that to the high fructose corn syrup is available in united states, japan. but this obesity pandemic is worldwide. the pacific rim has the same problems that we do. australia does not have high fructose corn syrup. it doesn'
we consume 22 teaspoons of added sugar per day. the american heart association recommends that we cut that back to six to nine teaspoons of added sugar per day. that's a reduction by two-thirds to three-quarters. now let's see where that sugar is hiding. one-third of it is in sugar beverages as you would expect. one sixth of it is in candy desserts. fully one-half of added sugar in our diet is in things that we stint know have sugar. even if i could snap my fingers right now and eliminate all...